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The problem is that the examples of mutations we have are either neutral or deleterious.
[citation needed]
You creationists are always going on about how random mutation could never result in beneficial changes, or "create information", whatever the hell that's supposed to mean. But there is absolutely no reason to think that would be the case.
When a tree falls in the forest, even with nobody around to hear it, it still makes noise. Just because nobody saw it happen doesn't mean it didn't.
The term chromosome duplication means that the chromosome has duplicated part of itself, so that there is too much chromosome material present. This additional chromosome material may mean there are too many instructions for the body to process, and this may result in learning disability, developmental delay and health problems in a child.
The operative word being 'may'. A deletion, or any of the other changes, might just as easily be beneficial.